St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-07
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS.
The Commissioners Annual Summary Of
the Business of the Minnesota
Railroads.
Minneapolis Board of Trade Gives An
Opinion in the Matter Of Inter-
state Commerce.
Right of Way Through Dakota
and Montana Reservations.
Suit Against the Missouri Pacific--
Earnings of the Omaha and
Northwestern Roads.

A copy of the advance sheets OF the an
nual report of the railroad and warehouse
commissioners was laid on the desk of each
member OF the legislature yesterday. These
advance sheets form a pamphlet OF log
pages. and the full report when completed
will make volume nearly three times as
large. The new mileage reported during
the year is as follows:
Miles
st. Cloud to Richmond. uU
Hamline junction to Minnesota Trans
fer............ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .of
Minnehaha Falls to Fort Smelling Re-
serve. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ...... 1'oo
st. Paul to Minneapolis. II .UU
st. Paul 10 Iowa line. .lO9. .OO
Corrections, changes since last years
reports. .........'....'... Nv
Total. 141 "a
The aggregate capital stot and bonds rep
resenting the property of all the lines within
this state is $1T5, TAI, ,051.9S. In 1885 1t was
Sl69, 552, $685. showing an increase Oh 3d.
194. 1864 63. The total gross earnings OF all
railroad corporations for the year ending
June 80, 1856, were S25, 102. 31934; for the pre-
vious year the, were S22, ,6l7, 1871, being an
increase of S2.464 1883. Of these gross
earnings SIS, 8,517.33S.S SO we're freight earnings,
So, $3.50 were passenger earnings, and
81, 192, ,056. .52 were from miscellaneous sources
vi T6N6uu0. Inc lOtdl OpSIulliiS va ApVhSCo VI
all the lines in the state for the year were
$l2, ,040, ,266.S1; for the year 1885 the operating
expenses were $11. .160, 53I03, being an in
crease of $S19. T29.7S. The excess Of gross
earnings over operating expenses OF all the
roads doing business in this state is shown TO
be Sl3, ,063, 052.53, an increase of $1.6j6.3S9S SO
over last year. The amount of taxes paid by
the railways into the state treasury for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1885, was S61l, 143. 30.
For the year ending Dec. 81, 1884, the taxes
were S61S, 274.37, being decrease OF S6,-
530S2. This decrease of taxes in the face of
an increase of S25S, .S2 in gross earnings is
accounted for by the earnings of new roads
which pay but l per cent. for three years.
and their earnings show fully in the gross
earnings, while they decrease the percentage
of taxation, and also by the decrease In the
earnings of the Manitoba Of S424, 7;'6. SO, and
decrease in taxes of 2,T401l, as compared
with 1854.
THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
carried during the year on all lines within
this state was 6523, los, as against 4,T71,167
the year previous, being an increase of ], ,552,-
021, or about 81 per cent. The average dis
tance Travelled by each passenger was thirty
one miles. The total number of passen.
gers carried one mile. was .499, 189.
The average rate for this year per passen-
ger per mile was 2.70 cents. The average
rate per passenger per mile for the previous
year was 2.65 cents. This exhibit presents
Of 50 per cent. in travel, but also an increase
of .0005 cents per passenger per mile in the
average rate. The total passenger earn
ings in this state for the year were So, 5,392,-
923 so, and those for 1885 were S4,S95.2S2 05,
being an increase of S497, ,64l. 81. The
total freight earnings for the year end
ing June 80, 1856, were SIS, 5l7, 1888. For
the year 1885 they were SIG, ,574,S ,S74.75, being
an increase of Sl,942, 463.5S, or about IL per
cent. over the previous year. The
total earnings for the year in the state,
freight, passenger and miscellaneous, are
S25, 102, ,319.34. The total earnings for the
year 1885 were S22,617l29.7l, showing an in
crease OF $2,4S5.1l9.63 during the current
year ending June 80, 1856.
The average number of persons employed
by the railroad companies during the year in
this state was 14,695, being ,739 more than
the year before. The board reviews its work
for the year under both the railroa.i a Id ware
house laws. A foot guard for railroad frogs
is recommended. The gross receipts in the
grain inspection and weighing departments
of Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth. from
Aug. l, 1855, to Sept. l, 1886, were S62, Al 20;
the gross expenses were $62, 1S4.09, leaving a
net surplus of S287.20.